Birthday-Being

First broadcast this day, 1963 and still going strong.

Manners Maketh Man (Or Woman)

What is it with people these days, when out, saying "Can I get" when it should be "Can I have" or better still "Please can I have"?

If you really want to be correct there should be a "May I" or "I would like, please" thrown into the vocabulary mix. Don't even get me started on the disappearance of that simple word that acknowledges receipt and shows gratitude, "Thank(you)." It just seems to me that people have become so rude and self obsessed that they show little regard to the person who is providing the service or goods.

Rant over.

1919

Or to be exact, 19 hours and 19 minutes is the duration of the officially recorded longest non-stop commercial airline flight. Well done to Aussie flag carrier Qantas for making the flight this week from London to Sydney with a full crew and I believe 55 fee paying passengers. The great land Downunder just got a whole lot closer!

A Grand Day Out!

It hardly seems true that plasticine heroes Wallace and Gromit have turned 30 does it? They first landed on the moon in search of cheese in 1989. Since then they have had numerous adventures across media and spawned some very popular and amusing spin-offs.

To mark their evergreen adventures, the Royal Mint have produced a cracking good 50p coin. Mine- in limited edition silver proof- arrived today. It's a bit splendid, wouldn't you agree?

Ahoy!

All aboard the yellow sub LOL!